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Cnnstitution. 



Adopted February 27, 1845. Amended May 37, 1847, Junk 25, 
1847, and May 19, 1870. 



I. This Society shall be called the Few Jersey His- 
torical Society. 

II. The object of this Society shall be to discover, 
procure and preserve whatever relates to any depart- 
ment of the history of New Jersey— natural, civil, 
literary or ecclesiastical; and generally of other por- 
tions of the United States. 

ni. The Society shall consist of Resident, Corres- 
ponding, and Honorary Members. Resident Members 
shall be persons residing within the State of IS'ew Jer- 
sey ; Corresponding and Honorary Members shall be 
persons residing elsewhere, the Corresponding Mem- 
bers being natives or citizens of New Jersey ; and not 
more than twenty Honorary Members shall be elected 
in any one year. 

lY. The Officers of the Society shall be a President, 
first, second and third Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding 
Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and Libra- 
rian ; and there shall be an Executive Committe, con- 



sisting of the Officers ex officio^ and nine members, to be 
annually elected. 

V. In addition to the Executive Committee, there 
shall be Standing Committee;s, of five members each : 
on Finance, on Publications, on the Library, and on 
Statistics; and one on l^ominations, to consist of 
three members ; which Committees shall be appointed 
annually by the President or presiding officer, and 
vacancies may be filled at any regular meeting. 

YI. The duties of the several Officers and Commit- 
tees shall be those customarily assigned to such Officers 
and Committees respectively, and shall be defined in the 
By-Laws. 

^ ■ VII. Resident rp.embers shall pay on their admission 
^ ^feB dollars, and two dollars annually thereafter ; or 
the payment of twenty dollars at any one time shall 
constitute, a Life Member, and exempt the individual 
from all future annual payments ; and every person 
who shall have regularly paid the annual fees and dues 
for twenty years successively, shall thereafter be a Life 
Member. But should any Kesident Member, other 
than a Life Member, fail to pay the said annual fees 
and dues for three years, or at any time refuse to pay 
the same, he shall forfeit all the privileges of member- 
ship, and his name shall be erased from the list of 
members. 

YIII. The annual and regular meetings of the Society 
shall be held at such times and places as the By-Laws 
may prescribe. 

IX. The Library and the Cabinet of the Society 



shall be located in the city of Kewark, in the County 
of Essex. 

X. All members, whether Honorary, Corresponding, 
or Resident, shall be elected by ballot. 

XL Any amendments or alterations in this Constitu- 
tion may be made by a majority of votes of those 
present at a regular meeting of the Society : Provided, 
the same shall be reduced to writing, and entered on 
the journals of the Society at the last preceding regular 
meeting. 



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Adopted May 7, 1845. Amended Jan. 27, 1847, Sept. 27, 1848, 
AND May 19, 1870. 



I. Meetings of the Society shall be held ou the 
third Thursday of January, in Trenton ; on the third 
Thursday of May, in Newark ; and on such day in 
September, and at such place, as the Society may from 
time to time designate ; at which meetings, besides the 
regular business, addresses shall be delivered, or his- 
torical papers read, before the Society, by persons 
appointed by the JExecutive Committee. At the meet- 
ing in January, the Annual Report shall be read, and 
the election of officers for the ensuing year take place. 
In addition to the three regular meetings, the Society 
may hold adjourned meetings for the transaction of 
business, not oftener than once in each month ; and 
special meetings may be called by the President or one 
of the Vice-Presidents, on the application, in writing, 
of any five members. 

II. Wme members shall constitute a quorum, for the 
transaction of business, excepting when any amend- 
ment to the Constitution or By-Laws is to be acted on, 
when twenty must be present. 



III. The President, one of the Yice-Presidents, or a 
CLairman pro tern., shall preside at all meetings of th^ 
Society, and shall have a casting vote. 

lY. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of 
the Constitution, By-Laws and Records of the Society. 
He shall keep a fair and accurate record of the proceed- 
ings of the Society in a book to be provided for the 
purpose, and give notice to the several officers and to 
the Executive and Special Committees, of all votes, 
orders, resolves and proceedings of the Society affecting 
them or appertaining to their respective duties. He 
shall give notice of the time and place of all meetings of 
the Society, by advertisement two weeks previously, in 
one newspaper printed at Newark, and in one printed at 
Trenton ; but when special meetings are called, three 
weeks notice shall be given, when practicable. 

Y. The Corresponding Secretary shall have the cus- 
tody of all letters and communications to the Society ; 
excepting papers read or addresses delivered before the 
same, which shall be deposited in the Library. He 
shall, at every meeting, read such letters and communi- 
cations as he may have received, and shall prepare all 
letters connected wnth the business or objects of the 
Society, excepting such for the preparation of which a 
Special Committee may be appointed. He shall notify 
all members of their election, and of such other matters 
as he may deem necessary, or be directed to communi- 
cate ; and shall keep, in suitable books to be provided 
for the purpose, copies of all important letters written 
on behalf of the Society. He shall carefully preserve 
the originals of all letters and other communications he 
may receive, and from time to time deposit the same in 
the archives of the Society. 



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YI. The Treasurer shall collect all dues and subscrip- 
,tions, and keep the funds and securities of the Society. 
He shall pay the current expenses, and such other sums 
as may be ordered by the Society, or by the Chairmen 
of Standing Committees. He shall keep a true account 
of his receipts and payments, in books to be provided 
for the purpose, and at each January meeting, or often er 
if required by the Executive Committee, render the 
same to the Society, duly audited by the Committee on 
Finance. 

YII. The Librarian shall have charge of all the books 
and other property of the Society, except what by the 
By-Laws is committed to the Secretaries and Treasurer. 
He shall provide, at the expense of the Society, under 
the direction of the Standing Committee on the Library, ■ 
suitable cases in which to keep all books, pamphlets, 
manuscripts, &c., which may belong to the Society. 
There shall also be a cabinet for minerals and natural 
curiosities, medals and American coins, for the safe pre- 
servation and suitable display of which, the Librarian 
shall, under the direction of the Standing Committee, 
procure proper and convenient receptacles. He shall 
keep a regular alphabetical catalogue of the books, 
maps, pamphlets, and manuscripts, natural curiosities, 
medals, coins, &c. ; and a fall record of all the donations 
to the Society, with the names of the donors, in a book 
to be provided for that purpose. He shall transmit the 
thanks of the Society to the donors, and shall make a 
full report of all donations, at every regular meeting of 
the Society. He shall be authorized, under the direc- 
tion of the Committee on the Library, to dispose of the 
published works of the Society by sale or exchange, 
and from time to time, as the Treasurer may prescribe, 



shall pay over to him the monev realized from such sale. 
Ee shall have the power to employ, at a salary to he 
fited hy the Committee on the Library, whenever that 
C(^mmittee shall deem it necessary, an Assistant Libra- 
riii, who shall be under his direction, and who, during 
the hours in which the Library is open, shall be present, 

whenever the Librarian himself is absent. 

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yill. It shall be the duty of the Executive Com- 
mittee to solicit and receive donations for the Society ; 
to recommend plans for promoting its objects, and pre- 
pare business ; and to authorize the disbursement and 
Expenditure of unappropriated moneys in the hands of 
the Treasurer, for the payment of salaries and other 
current expenses. They shall have authority at any 
time to examine into the state of the finances ; and 
generally to superintend the interests of the Society. 
They shall execute all such duties as may from time to 
time be committed to them, and make a report of their 
proceedings to the Society at each January meeting. 
The Chairman shall be designated at the time of the 
election of the Committee, and the Corresponding Sec- 
retary of the Society shall be ex officio Secretary of the 
Committee; and the Chairman shall be authorized to 
call meetings of the Committee whenever it may be 
thought advisable ; at which, five members shall consti- 
tute a quorum for the transaction of business. They 
shall keep a true record of their proceedings, to be 
submitted to the inspection of the Society at its regular 
meetings. 

rX. The Committee on Finance shall be charged 
with the duty of devising and recommending measures 
for meeting the monetary wants of the Society, and of 



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carrying them out when adopted. They shall have 
authority to prescribe such regulations as they may 
think advisable for the prompt and efficient collection 
of all dues from members. They shall audit the ac- 
counts of the Treasurer, and have a general supervision 
of the financial affairs of the Society. 

X. The Committee on Publications shall superin:end 
the printing and disposition of all publications au:hor- 
ized by the Society, and perform such other duties as 
may be assigned to them. 

XI. The Committee on the Library shall be charged 
with the supervision of the rooms of the Society; shal 
have power to prescribe regulations for the preservatior 
and use of the books ; shall have power to expend, ii 
their discretion, in the purchase of books and othe 
articles, whatever sums may be placed at their disposa 
by the Society ;\ and exchange with other Societies, o 
individuals, for other historical works, such duplicat 
volumes as they may think proper so to dispose of; an( 
at the annual meeting of the Society, shall make a ful 
report of the condition and progress of the Library anc 
Cabinet. 

XII. The Committee on Statistics shall be chargec 
with the duty of arranging and collating all statistica 
matter received by the Society, and report thereon from 
time to time; and they shall be authorized, in the name 
and in behalf of the Society, to apply to any public 
functionaries or public bodies, for any additional inform- 
ation on subjects respecting which they may deem it 
advisable to institute inquiries. 

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all applications and nominations for membersliip : and 
at each meeting shall recommend such persons for elec- 
tion as they may deem proper. 

XIY. At the regular meetings of tlie Society the 
following shall be the order of business : 

1. Reading the minutes of the last meeting. 

2. Reading of letters, or a Report by the Correspond- 
ing Secretary. 

3. Reports of the Treasurer and Librarian. 

4. Reports of Executive and other Committees. 

5. Election of members previously proposed. 

6. N'omination of new members. 

7. Miscellaneous business. 

8. Communications and addresses before the Society. 
This order of business may at any time be dispensed 

with by a majority of the members present. 

XV. The election of members shall be by ballot, 
from such names as shall have been reported upon 
fiivorably by the Standing Committee on dominations, 
to which all applications and nominations for mem- 
bership shall be referred. Five negative ballots to 
exclude. 

XYI. Xo alteration or amendment of these By-Laws 
shall be acted on, unless proposed at the last preceding 
regular meeting, and entered upon the journal. 



tfircniar. 



To the Citizens of the State of New 

Fellow- Citizens : A number of the citizens of this State, in the 
month of February, 1845, formed, in the city of Trenton, an association 
under the name of " The Historical Society of New Jersey." 

The object of this Association is " to discover, procure and preserve 
whatever relates to any department of the Histoiy of New Jersey, 
natural, civil, literary, or ecclesiastical." 

In the pursuit of this great object, we are actuated by an ardent 
desire to promote the intelligence, the improvement, and the honor of 
our State. 

Such an institution has undoubtedly a just claim to the favorable 
regard and efficient aid of every friend to the public welfare, and we 
earnestly solicit the patronage and aid of the enlightened, the patriotic, 
and learned, in promoting the purpose for which it was formed. 

It is well known that a considerable number of our sister States 
long anticipated us in the formation of societies having the same ob- 
ject as ours. Many of them have prosecuted this object to an extent, 
and with a zeal, at once honorable to themselves, and adapted to reflect 
a beneficial influence on the historical interests of our whole nation. 

Our tardiness in following their noble example, is to be deeply re- 
gretted, and the steps taken to retrieve our delinquency have given 
general satisfaction. 

It cannot be doubted by any who know the history and character 
of our public men and measures for a century and a half past, that 
many books, pamphlets, and manuscripts relating to the history of the 
State, remain in the possession of our citizens, who, though they would 
be unwilling to entrust them to a single person, would yet cheerfully 
confide them to a public institution, in whose custody they would be 
carefully preserved, be perfectly safe, and at the same time open for 
the general benefit of society. 



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Now it is our object to rescue such documents from the dust and 
darkness of private repositories ; to place them in circumstances where 
they will be, as far as possible, secured from the corrosions of time, 
and the danger of destruction by accidents; and deposited in a situa- 
tion in which the future historians and annalists of our State may find 
them concentrated for their use. 

The framing of a full and satisfactory history of New Jersey is an 
achievement yet to be accomplished, and such a history of our State 
will never be completed until materials not yet collected shall be 
brought together, and their contents compared with that patient 
labor and enlightened discrimination, which those alone can exer- 
cise who are aware of the difficulties, and know how to appreciate 
the true excellence of historical composition ; drawn not from ingeni- 
ous conjectures and amusing fables, but from original and authentic 
documents. 

This is a dejjartment of human effort in which almost every member 
of the community may render assistance. There are few individ- 
jpals who, if they zealously devote their attention to the object, may 
not become instrumental in procuring some book, some pamphlet, 
some manuscript, some relic of antiquity, something which will serve 
to ascertain an important date, to establish a contested fact, or to pour 
light on some obscure point in history. 

It will be perceived from the general title which we have assumed, 
as well as from the foregoing observations, that our plan includes the 
natural, and the literary history, as well as the civil and ecclesiastical 
history of our State. 

It is one of our objects, to collect, preserve and exhibit every thing 
adapted to develope the mineral, agricultural, and manufacturing pro- 
gress and riches of the State. As this greatly enlarges our field of labor, 
so does it bring that field not only within the view, but, if we may so 
speak, to the very door of every inhabitant of the State, and give every 
citizen of New Jersey an interest in our institution. And as the due 
cultivation of this field from its very extent will reward the co-opera- 
tion of many laborers, so it is plain that it will be in the power of 
every adult citizen to contribute something to our success. These 
things being so, it is desirable that all tlie eyes and hands in our State 
should be, as far as possible, set to work. 

The contents of every mountain, hill, valley, river and field, ought 
to be carefully explored ; and this can be done only by the agency of 
many hands ; and that these may co-operate in this last with good eff"ect, 



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there^ught to be an organized body to act, a centre of communication 
to receive, and a convenient and safe place of deposit. These our 
Association is intended to furnish. But even these, however faithfully 
devised, and amply furnished, will be unavailing, unless discerning and 
public-spirited individuals will exert themselves to collect rare and 
valuable documents, relics and sj)ecimens of every kind, to accompany 
them with appropriate descriptions, testimonials, and statements of 
localities, and to forward them to the place of accumulation. If such 
a spirit were widely diffused among our fellow-citizens, we should not 
labor in vain. An amount of materials might be collected, even in the 
space of a few months, of a most valuable character, and our Associa- 
tion might thus be rendered a public blessing, beyond the most san- 
guine hopes of those who have been active in its formation. 

To an efficient co-operation in carrying out the great purposes of 
our institution, we would most respectfully and earnestly invite all our 
fellow-citizens. To every one who loves knowledge, and who would 
be glad to make the least contribution to the real improvement and 
honor of our State, we would say : turn not away with indifference * 
from us — you can help us if you will ; and we feel assured that your 
own interest will be eventually promoted by every degree of patronage 
with which you may be pleased to favor us. Despise not the day of 
small things. The suggestions of a single useful thought ; the trans- 
mission of the smallest valuable pamphlet, manuscript, or specimen ; 
the ascertaining of a single fact^ however apparently trivial, pertaining 
to our early history, may be of great value to us, and will certainly be 
received with gratitude by the Society. 

Jerseymen are not wont to be indifferent to that which will promote 
the interest or honor of their beloved State. Let us then, fellow-citizens, 
as true-hearted Jerseymen, unite our exertions in this good cause. 
Let each one bring some portion of the materials, out of which to rear 
a beacon, from whose summit will shine another light to guide the 
future historian, who may record the annals of our State. 

We need scarcely say that contributions in money are needed, and 
will be thankfully received by our Association. It will readily recur 
to every reflecting, mind that it is impossible to carry into effect, in any 
efficient manner, the plan of our Association, without considerable ex- 
pense. To keej) up and extend the depository for our historical treas- 
ures, manuscripts, &c., calls for considerable expenditure ; but this will 
be a consideration of no amount to those who consider the importance 
of the object which we seek, and who remember the delicate caution 



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and care necessary to be exercised in regard to perishable papers and 
books, destined to occupy the same shelves for many years, perhaps 
for centuries together. 

As soon as the means of the Society will permit, a fire-proof build- 
ing will be provided as a permanent receplaclc for all the property of 
the Society, where their collections will be as far as possible beyond 
the reach of the destroying influence of time or accident ; so that all 
persons disposed to make contributions to its library or cabinet, may 
have the strongest confidence that they will be securely preserved. 
Until this is done, every regard will be paid to their safety and pre- 
servation. 

This circular will be accompanied with a list of interrogatories, ex- 
hibiting with some minuteness of detail the points of inquiry which 
we wish our friends and correspondents to pursue. We hope that 
every inhabitant of the State whose eye they may meet will consider 
them as adapted to himself in 'particular, and will lose no time in trans- 
mitting every thing, however apparently trivial, which may come to 
his knowledge and possession, and falls in with the scope of our Asso- 
ciation. 

Communications may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, 
and donations made to any of the oificers. 



Interrogatories as to those points on which the Historical Society of New 
Jersey request jJCiriicular information. 

1. Can you give any information, however minute, concerning the 
origin, original name and settlement of any of the cities and towns in 
this State, particularly of your own township or district, and the num- 
ber, names and condition of the first colonists ? or do you know any 
thing especially remarkable in their history, at any particular period : 
or can you inform us where such information may be obtained ? 

3. Do you possess, or can you put us in the way of obtaining any 
documents which throw light on the first organization of civil govern- 
ment in your part of the State, or in any other part ; or which will 
furnish authentic information concerning the names, general characters, 
powers, conduct, salaries, &c., of the principal offiicers appointed at 
different times from the earliest periods ? 



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8. Can you furnish any information concerning any Indian tribes, 
which formerly inhabited any part of what is now the State of New 
Jersey ; their numbers, names, and condition when first visited by the 
whites; their trades, disputes, wars, and treaties, either among them- 
selves or with the white people ; their character, customs, and general 
history, or when they finally disappeared from the country ; or give 
any account of the adventures of captives, travelers, or voyages among 
them? 

4. What were the Indian names of the mountains, valleys, rivers, 
capes, springs, caverns, or other remarkable places in your neighbor- 
hood ? and what do well-informed people suppose to be the original 
import of their names ? 

5. Can you furnish any laws, journals, copies of records, and pro- 
ceedings of congresses, legislatures, general assemblies, conventions, 
treaties or negotiations of any kind, with any Indian tribes, or with 
any state or nation ? 

6. Can you furnish copies of any orations, essays, sermons^ discourse^, 
poems or tracts, delivered, written and published on any public occasion 
or which concern any public transaction, or remarkable character or 
event ? 

7. Can you furnish copies of any magazines, reviews, newspapers, or 
other periodical publications, particularly such as appeared prior to 
the year 1800, or give information where they can be obtained? 

8. Can you furnish any Statistical Tables of agricultural productions, 
the births, deaths, diseases, meteorological observations, or facts relat- 
ing to climate or remarkable seasons, in any part of our country, either 
remote or recent ; or accounts of any remarkable diseases ? 

9. Are you possessed, or do you know, of any documents, printed or 
manuscript, relating to any Territorial disputes or arrangements, be- 
tween New Jersey and any other Colony or State ? 

10. Can you furnish any copies of proceedings, either printed or 
manuscript, of any presbyteries, synods, general assemblies, conventions, 
or other ecclesiastical bodies of any denomination of Christians ? 

11. Do you know of any narratives of missionaries, or proceedings 
of any missionary societies in New Jersey, or carried on by citizens of 
the State or Colony of New Jersey? 

13. What is the age of the church or congregation to which you 
belong ? When was it first organized, and by whom ? When was your 
house of worship built ? What changes has it undergone since ? What 
have been the names, the characters, and the respective lengths of the 



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ministry of your ministers or pastors ? Did their ministry terminate 
among you by death or otherwise ? 

13. Can you furnish any biographical sketches, memoirs, or notices 
of any kind, of eminent Jerseymen — clergymen, lawyers, physicians, 
judges, legislators, or public benefactors of any class? 

14. Can you furnish an unbroken list of all the clerks, sheriffs, and 
surrogates of your county ? 

15. When was your present court-house, and other county buildings 
erected, and where did your courts meet from the earliest period ? 

16. Can you furnish any topographical description or maps of 
cities, towns, or other remarkable places, exhibiting their condition 
and aspect, at different periods, and relating in any wise to the pro- 
gressive geography of our State ? 

17. Have you ever heard of any papers, or other documents, of 
historical or local interest, in the possession of any individuals in 
your neighborhood or elsewhere ? If so, can you mention the names 
of such individuals, or suggest the means of obtaining them ? 

18. Do you know any instances of remarkable longevity in your part 
of this State ? or have you ever heard of any still more remarkable, of 
which you can give or obtain authentic information ? 

19. What public libraries have you in the town or city where you 
live ? When were they founded ? How many volumes do they con- 
tain ? And who had the chief agency in founding them ? 

20. What were the first articles manufactured in your neighborhood, 
and when? What facts can you furnish respecting the character and 
progress of manufactures since that time ? 

21. What information do you possess concerning the state of the 
militia, in any part of New JeTsey, at different times, especially at 
early periods ; their numbers, organization, mode of equipment, &c. ? 

23. Can you give any information respecting the rise, progress and 
present state of the colleges and academies in our State ; the individ- 
uals chiefly active in forming them ; the names of the presidents, pro- 
fessors, and trustees; the number of their students and graduates at 
different times, and the amount of their endowments and revenues? 

23. Can you give any information concerning the discovery and 
working (,f mines in any part of the State; the commencement of the 
manufacture of iron; the use of coal; the establishment of navigation 
by steam in any of our waters, &c. ? 

24. Can you furnish any interesting facts in regard to the discovery 
and application of marl? or of deposits found therein ? 



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25. Can you furnish any facts or documents concerning the conven- 
iences for traveling in early periods of our State's history ? The pro- 
gressive improvements in roads, and other modes of communication 
between different places? The names of the most prominent actors 
in suggesting and constructing the various turnpike roads, canals and 
railroads in the State ? or any remarkable facts in their history, from 
their construction to the present day ? 

26. When and by whom wj^s the first neiospaper or periodical print- 
ed in your town or county, and what was its character? Are any of 
the numbers in existence, and if so, can they be had ? and furnish us 
with the histoiy of printing in your county. 

27. WhaL attention did the early setllers in your part of the State 
pay to the education of their children ? or do you know anything of 
the character, qualifications, or labors of any school teachers at that 
early period ? Who, at different times, chiefly promoted the common 
school system in some part of the State ? 

28. Can you communicate any facts which will throw light on the 
state of commerce in any particular part of New Jersey at difi'erent times, 
and especially at early periods ? The numher of sliips belonging to 
particular j)orts ; the exports and imports for a series of years ; the 
principal articles imported and exported, and from whence brought ? 

29. Will you have the goodness, in making any communications to 
our depository, to inform us as minutely as you can, concerning the 
names, characters and localities connected with your communications, 
and very carefully to impart your own name^ residence^ &c., so that a due 
acknowledgment may be recorded on the books of the Society ? 



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"COLLECTIONS, VOL. L," containing "East Jersey under the Pro- 
vincial Governments ; a Narrative of Events connected Mith the 
Settlement and Progress of the Province, until the Surrender of 
the Government to the Crown in 1702. Drawn principally from 
Original Sources : by William A. Whitehead. With an Ap- 
pendix, containing a Model of the Government of East New 
Jersey, by George "Scot, of Pitlochie, now first re-i^rinted from the 
original edition of 1685." 8vo., pp. 342— xv., with Maps and 
Plates. (Out of print.) 

"COLLECTIONS, VOL. II.," containing "The Life of William Alex- 
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States during the Revolution : with selections from his Corres- 
pondence, by his Grandson, William Alexander Ddek, LL. D." 
Svo., pp. 281, with Portrait and Maps. $1. 

"COLLECTIONS, VOL. Ill," containing "The Provincial Courts 
of New Jersey, with Sketches of the Bench and Bar, by Richard 
S. Field." 8vo., pp. 324. $1.50. 

" COLLECTIONS, VOL. IV.," containing the Papers of Lewis Morris, 
Governor of the Province of New Jersey from 1738 to 1746. With 
Portrait. 8vo., pp. 336— xxx. $2. 



COLLECTIONS, VOL. V.," containing "An Analytical Index to 
the Colonial Documents of New Jersey, in the State Paper Of- 
fices of England, compiled by Henry Stevens. Edited, with 
Notes and References to printed works and manuscripts in other 
depositories, by William A. Whitehead. 8vo., pp. 504— xxx. 



$2.50. 



COLLECTIONS, VOL. VL," containing "Records of the Town of 
Newark New Jersey, from its Settlement in 1066, to its Incorpor- 
ation as'a City in 1836— with Maps." 8vo., pp. 294— x. $2. 

And Supplement thereto, containing "Proceedings Commemo- 
rative of the Settlement of Newark, New Jersey, on its Two 
Hundredth Anniversarv, May 17th, 1866," comprising : I His- 
torical Memoir, by William A. Whitehead; IL Lyrical Poem, 



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by Thomas Ward, M, D. ; III. Or.ation, by William B, Kinney ; 

IV. Genealogical Notes of the Settlers, by Samuel H. Congar ; 

V. Notes— 8vo., pp. 182. $1.50. 

*^* The Volumes of " Collections " are bound and lettered as distinct 
works, as well as in sets. 



"PROCEEDmGS OF THE SOCIETY" 



In Paper Covers. 

VOL. I. contains — Proceedings of Meetings at Trenton to organize the 
Society, February, 1845. Proceedings at Newark, May 7th, 
1845. — Discourse by Charles King, Esq, Proceedings at Tren- 
ton, September 4th, 1845. — Journal of Capt. John Schuyler, 
on an Expedition to Canada, in August, 1690. — Three Letters 
from Rev. Samuel Davies, President of Princeton College, 1759-60. 
— Address by Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D. Proc(.'edings at New 
Brunswick, Nov. 6th, 1845. — Three Letters from Governor Frank- 
lin to his Father, June and October, 1767, and May 1759. — Letter 
from William Strahan, London, 1766. Proceedings at Trenton, 
January 15th, 1846. — Letter from Lord Cornbury to the Inhabi- 
tants of Bergen, 1706. Proceedings at Burlington, May 7th, 1846. 
— Letter from William Dockwra, Proprietaries' Register, to Gov- 
ernor Andrew Hamilton, April 1st, 1693. — An Account of a Jour- 
ney in the Southern States in 1781, by Abel Thomas. — An Account 
of the capture and death of the refugee John Bacon, by George 
F. Fort, M. D. — Extracts from a Paper on the Discovery and Set- 
tlement of Monmouth County, by Rev. A. A. Marcellus. Proceed- 
ings at Salem, September 3d, 1846. — -Corrections of errors in 
Mr. King's Discourse. — Exports of Salem County. — Criminal Sta- 
tistics of Essex County. — Proceedings of the Committees of Free- 
hold and Shrewsbury on the opening of the Revolution. — Index. 
$1.50. 

VOL. II. contains— Proceedings of Society at Elizabethtown, Novem- 
ber 5th, 1846. — Proceedings of the Government of New York, 
December, 1675, to December, 1678, in relation to the settlement 
and jurisdiction of Major John Fenwick in West Jersey. — Journal 
of Lieut. William Barton, during Sullivan's Expedition against 
the Indians, in 1779. -Extracts from Journal of Dr. Ebenezer Elmer, 
during the same Expedition. Proceedings at Trenton, January 
1st, 1847. — Second Annual Address, by Hon. Joseph C. Horn- 
blower, LL. D., President of the Society. Proceedings at Newark, 
May 27th, 1847.— Diary of Events in Charleston, S. C, from March 
20th to April 20th, 1780, during the siege by the British; by 
Samuel Baldwin, Proceedings at New Brunswick, June 25th, 
1847. — Journal of an Expedition to Canada, in 1776, by Lieut. 
Ebenezer Elmer, of the New Jersey Forces. Proceedings at 
Freehold, September 16th, 1847,— Letter from Richard Stockton 
to Robert Ogden, about public affairs, 1765. — Index, $1,50. 



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VOL. III. contains— Proceedings of the Society at Trenton, January 
20th, 1848.— Letter from James Logan to Colonel Cox, June, 1719, 
relative to the dividing line of East and West Jersey.— Journal 
of Lieut. Ebenezer Elmer, (continued from Vol. II. j Proceedings 
at Newark, May 25th, 1848.— Letter from David Ogden, February 
20th, 1767, to the Claimants under Indian Purchases.— Memoir of 
Rev. James Caldwell, by Rev. Nicholas Murray. D. D.— Extract 
from a Diary of Mr. Jacob Spicer, 1757.— A Brief Account of the 
Swedish Mission in Racoon and Penn's Neck, by Rev. Nicholas 
Collin, D. D. Proceedings at Princet(m, Septpmber 27th, 1848. — 
A Biographical Sketch of Governor William Franklin, by William 
A. Whitehead. Proceedings at Trenton, January 18th, 1849. — 
Letter from Governor Franklin to his Father, December 24th, 
1774. — Journal of Major AVilliam Gould during an Exjiedilion 
^ into Pennsylvania, 1794. — Index. $1.50. 

VOL. IV. contains — Proceedings of meeting at Newark, May 17th, 
1841). — Memoir of Governor Lewis Morris, by Rev. Robert David- 
son, D. D. — Census of Northampton, Burlington County, 1709. — 
List of Judges, Clerks, Sheritis, Surrogates and Attorneys of 
Salem County, from the settlement. — Memoir of John Fenwick, 
Chief Proprietor of Salem Tenth, l)y Robert G. Johnson.— Letters 
from William Strahan to David Hall, descriljing the trial of John 
Wilkes. Proceedings of meeting at Freehold, September, 1849. 
— State of Religion in the Provinces of East and West Jersey in 
1700.— The Battle of Monmouth Court House, by Charles King, 
Esq. — Letters from Wm. Peartree Smith, to Elias Boudinot. 
Proceedings of meeting at Trenton, January 17th, 1850.— Letter 
from Rev. Uzal Ogden, Missionary to Sussex County, 1771. — Lease 
for a year from Dame Elizabeth Carteret, to the Twelve Proprie- 
tors, f(^r East Jersey. — The Aborigines of New Jersey, by Archer 
Gifford, Esq.— Index. $1.50. 

VOL. V. contains — Proceedings of meeting at Newark, May 16th, 
1850. — Letter of Major General Baron Steuben to Officers of the 
New^ Jersey Line, July 19th, 1793.— Tables of the Sittings of the 
Provincial Assemblies, and names of members. — Orders of Generals 
Schuyler and Sullivan to Colonel Jonathan Dayton, 1776. Pro- 
ceedings of meeting at. Morristown, September 12th, 1S50. — The 
Robbery of the Treasury in 1768 ; by W. A. Whitehead.— The 
Hollanders in New Jersey, by Rev. Abraham Messier, D. D. 
Proceedings of meeting at Trenton, January 23d, 1851. — The 
American Union, and tlie Perils to which it has Ijeen exposed ; 
by J. P. Bradley, Esq. — Letters of Joseph Sherwood, Provincial 
Agent. Proceedings of meeting at Newark, May 15th, 1851. — 
Letter from Major F. Barber, 1776.— Letter from Joseph Shippen, 
jun., 1752. — Selections from Correspondence of William Alexan- 
der, Earl of Stirling.— Index. $1.50. 

VOL. VI. contains— ProceedincTS of meeting at Somerville, September 
11th, 1851.— Letter from Robert Morris, 1781.— Journal of Andrew^ 
Bell, Secretary of General Clinton, kept during the march of the 
British Army through New Jersey, in 1778.— Inquiry into the 



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location of Mount Ploy den, by Rev, George C. Schanck. — Review 
of the trial of the Rev. William Tennent, 1742. by Richard S. 
Field.— Selections from Correspondence of William Alexander, 
Earl of Stirling, in 1755. Proceedings of meeting at Trenton, 
January 15th, 1852. Selections from Correspondence of William 
Alexander, Earl of Stirling, in 1755. Proceedings of meeting 
at Newark, May 20th, 1852.— The Uses and Benefits of Historical 
Societies: by Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, LL. D. — Selections 
from Correspondence of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, in 
1755. Proceedings of meeting at New Brunswick, September 
8th, 1852. — Description of the site of Fort Nassau on the Dela- 
ware : by Edward Armstrong. — The Pennsylvania Insurrection of 
1794: by Rev. James Carnahan, D. D. Proceedings of meeting 
at Trenton, January 15th, 1853. — Report of Corresponding Secre- 
tary on the Belcher Papers. — Report of Committee authorized to 
examine supposed site of Fort Nassau. — The Discovery of the 
Northmen: by Charles C. Rafn, Secretary of tlie Society of 
Northern Antiquaries. — TliC History and Location of Fort Nassau 
on the Delaware : by Edward Armstrong. — Index. $1.50. 

VOL. VII. contains — Proceedings at Newark, May 19th, 1853. — Letter 
frnm. " Pierwim, ye Sachem of Pau,'' relative to "Cooks of 
Dozens" in Collections, Vol. I. — Biographical Skftch of Gencra'l 
William Winds : by Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle. — Selections from 
Correspondence of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major- 
General during the Revolution. Proceedings of meeting at Tren- 
ton, January 19th, 1854. — Proceedings on announcement of Death 
of Hon. James G. King. — " The Iron State, its Natural Position, 
Power and Wealth;" an Address by Hon. Jacob W. Miller. 
Proceedings of meeting at Newark, May 18th, 1854. — Diiry of 
Joseph Clark, attached to the Continental Army, from May, 1778, 
to November, 1779. Proceedinos of meeting at Trenton, January 
18th, 1855. Letter from Rev. Dr. Hopkins to Rev. Dr. Bellamy, 
July 20, 1758. Proceedings of meeting at Newark, May 17th, 
1855. — Index. 

VOL. VIII. contains — Proceedings of meeting at Trenton, January 
17, 1856. — Drawings and Papers of Roltert Fulton in the posses- 
sion of the Society. — Account of the establisment at Morristown 
of the first Acadt my. Library and Printing Press. Proceedings 
of meeting at Newark, May 15, 1856. — Supplement to the Act of 
Incoriioration. Proceedings of meeting at Jersey City, Sei3temlier 
25, 1856. — Extracts from Manuscripts of Samuel Smith. Pro- 
ceedings of meeting at Trenton, Januarv 15, 1857. Proceedings 
of meeting at Newark, May 21, 1857.— Field and Staif Officers 
New Jersey Regiments in Revolution. — Appointment of Nathaniel 
Jones as Chief Justice in 1759: by W. A. Whitehead. — Journal 
of Ca])t. David Ford, during the Expedition into Pennsylvania 
in 1794. Proceedings of meeting at Trenton, January 21, 1858. 
— Proposals of Colonel Mawhood to the Militia of Salem County 
in 1778, and Answer of Colonel Hand. — Female Suffrage in New 
Jersey: by W. A. Whitehead. — Brief History of the Boundary 
Disputes between New York and New Jersey: by Hon. James 



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Parker. — Siraten Island jDart of New Jersey. Proceedings of 
meeting at Newark, Miiy 20, 1858.— Extract Irom Journal of Lieut. 
Isaac Bangs. Proceedings of meeting at Trenton, January 20, 
1859. Proceedings of niceiing at Newark, May 19, 1859.— The 
Circumstances leading to the Establishment in 17G9 of the North- 
ern Boundai-y Line between New Jersey and New York: by W. 
A. Whitehead.— Index. 

VOL. IX. contains — Proceedings at Trenton, January 19th, 1860. — 
Extract from the MSS. of Samuel Smith.— Mai liages of Fiiends 
in Philadelphia, 1682-1714. Proceedings at Newark, May 17th, 
I860.— Origin of the name ''Pavonia," by Solomon Alo'fsen.— 
Mt^moir of Samuel G. Smith, by Johti Jay Smith. — Project for 
raising money in 1716, by William Pinhorne. Procredinus at 
Trenton, January 17, 1861.— Extracts from the Minute^s of 
New Jersey Supreme Court, 1765.— Battles of Trenton and 
Princeton, by C. C. Haven. Proceedings at Trenton, January 
16, 1862. — Announcement of Deaths of Rev. Dr. Murray and 
John P. Jackson, Esq.— Memoianda relating to Dr. Franklin's 
Administration of the Colonial Post Oiiit;e. — Memoir of Mrs. 
Abigail Staflford and her times. — Proprietors' Order respecting 
''Perth Towne," 1683.— Affairs of New York and New Jersey 
under the Joint Governors, by Cadwallader Colden. — Letter 
to Governor Franklin from Hon. H. S. Conway, Under Secre- 
tary of State, 1765. Proceedings at Newark, May 15th, 1862. — 
Steamboat Controversy between New Yortc and New Jersey, 1811 
to 1824, by John D. Ward. Proceedings at Trenton, January 
15th, 1863. — Scandinavian Settlements in New Jeisey. Proceed- 
ings at Newark, May 21st, 1863. Proceedings at Trenton, January 
21st, 1864. — Papers of General Elias Dayton. Proceedings at 
Newaik, May 19th, 1864.— Index. 

VOL. X. contains — Proceedings at Trenton, January 19th, 1865. — 
Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Joseph C. Horn- 
blower, LL, D., by the Hon. Richard S. Field. Proceedings at 
Newark, May 18th, 1865.— Sketch of the McWhorter Family in 
New Jersey, by Geo. C. McWhorter. — Proceedings at Trenton, 
January 18th, 1866. — Description of an ancient Brass Tobacco 
Box, by S. Alofsen. — Instructions of Freeholders of Hunterdon to 
the Representatives of the County, 1771. — Papers on the Eastern 
Boundary of New Jersey, by W. A. Whitehead. Proceedings at 
Newark, May 17th, 1866. — Communication from Asher Taylor on 
the derivation of " Neversink." — Letter to Dr. Benjamin Franklin 
from the House of Assembly of New Jersey, Dec. 7th, 1769. — 
Account of the Portrait of Aaron Burr in the possession of the 
Society, by David A. Hayes. — Objections of New Jersey to the 
Articles of Confederation submitted to Congress, June 23d, 1778. 
— Report of the Commissioners of the States at A.nnapolis, Sept. 
14th, 1786, relative to the adoption of a better system of govern- 
ment for the States. — Act of Incorporation of the Society. — 
Members of the Society, December, 1866. — Index. 

NEW SERIES— -VOL. I. contains— Proceedings at Trenton, January 



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17, 1867. Proceedings at Newark, May 16, 1867— Pedigree of 
Governor Carteret. — Staten Island and the New Jersey Boundary. 
— Regimental Returns, Haddontield, Bordentown, Morristown, 
December, 1776, and January, 1777. — Letter from David Ogden 
to Philii) Kearney, January 14, 1766. Proceedings at Trenton, 
January 16, 1868. Proceedings at Newark, May 22, 1868.— In- 
scriptions on Tombstones near Freehold. — Letter from Quarter- 
master-General Greene to Col. James Abeel, June 4, 1779. — Letter 
from Gen. Washington to Dr. Franklin. — Notes on the State of 
New Jersey, 1786: by John Rutherford.— Letter from Wm. S. 
Livingston to Col. Burr, July 10, 1782.— Officers of Col. Peter 
Schuyler's Regiment, 1759. Proceedings at Trenton, January 21, 
1869. — Letter from Gen. Washington to Rev. Samuel Haven, 
March 10, 1787. — Inscriptions on Tombstones at Ringvvood, N. J. 
— Grant from Berkley and Carteret to the people of Woodl)ridge 
and Samuel Moore, December 7, 1672. — Address on the Life and 
Character of H(m. James Parker : by the Hon. R. S. Field. 
Proceedings at Newark, May 20, 1869.— Review of some of the 
Circumstances connected with the settlement of Elizabeth, N. J.: 
by W. A. Whitehead.— Commercial Prospects in New Jersey 
during the Confederation : by John Rutherfurd.— Index. 



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